The founders of the Greeley, Colorado, water system would have been mighty proud when the city won the Best of the Best award in the American Water Works Association water-taste competition this year.That’s because water was uppermost in their minds when they settled this area in the late 1800s. “They created a ditch as one of their first projects and provided nonpotable water for irrigation and gardens in the city,” explains Burt Knight, Water and Sewer department director.Then in 1905, Greeley’s citizens voted overwhelmingly to go to the mountains for high-quality drinking water. “They purchased property and water rights to
